The remarkable finding(s) of the Posner, Goldsmith, and Welton study with prototypes was that research participants:

A) were unable to recognize previously seen figures
B) called the "delta" figure a triangle
C) correctly classified the prototype about as frequently as the original stimulus
D) classified common figures (e.g., the triangle and letter "E") better than the uncommon figures
E) classified the prototype correctly as often as originally learned patterns


E

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